Electricians near you
Licensed electrical work across the GTA — panel upgrades, knob-and-tube, pot lights and EV chargers. What ESA notification means for your job.
Typically $130–$900 in the GTA
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Typical range, GTA
$130–$900
The band is the floor and ceiling the engine prices electrical jobs against across the GTA. It covers labour on common residential work; permits, inspections and any utility charge on a panel upgrade sit outside it and are quoted separately. Generated from the price table.
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Kinds of electricians
The electricians jobs people book most. Open one to see what it covers and what it costs.
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One post, the whole situation handled
Several jobs bought as one outcome — one Tasker, one price to agree, no coordinating three trades yourself.
Safe before you move in
Panel checked, smoke and CO alarms brought up to code and the obvious hazards dealt with while the place is empty.
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Panel capacity assessed, the charger permitted and installed, and the run made tidy.
Post this taskLighting, all of it
Every fixture that has been on the list changed in one visit, with dimmers where they help.
Post this taskThe room that has no outlets
Circuits added properly rather than another extension lead, with the wall made good.
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Other things people post
Not what you came for? These are jobs Taskers pick up across the GTA — one post gets you offers on any of them.
The list on the fridge
The shelf that never went up, the door that sticks, the light that flickers — one visit instead of three.
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Walked while you work
A midday walk on the days the office runs long, with a note on how it went.
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Flat-pack, standing up
The wardrobe, the desk and the bed frame built and levelled, with the cardboard taken away.
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A garage you can park in
Sort, shelve and haul away what is left, so the car actually fits before the snow arrives.
Post this taskWhat electricians actually costs here, and why
Electrical work in Ontario is a licensed trade, and that is not a formality. Electrical Safety Authority notification is required for most work beyond a like-for-like fixture swap, and the inspection that follows is what your insurer and any future buyer will look for. When quotes differ by a lot, the cheap one is often the one that has left the permit out. Ask whether ESA notification is included and who is filing it.
The GTA has a problem most of the country does not: knob-and-tube wiring, still present in a meaningful share of pre-1950 housing across the older parts of Toronto. It is not automatically dangerous, but many insurers will not write a policy on a home that still has it, which turns an electrical job into a closing condition. If your house is that vintage and the wiring has never been assessed, the assessment is the job to book first — replacing outlets on a knob-and-tube circuit does not make it a modern circuit.
Panel upgrades are the other common large job. A hundred-amp panel that was ample in 1975 is tight for a household with a heat pump, an EV charger and an induction range, and the upgrade usually involves the utility as well as the electrician, which is why lead times run longer than people expect. EV charger installs depend almost entirely on where the panel sits relative to where you park: a charger on the other side of a garage wall is straightforward, one across a driveway is a trenching job.
Smaller work is ordinary and quick. Pot lights, dimmers, additional outlets, fixture swaps, exterior receptacles and smoke-alarm interconnection are the bread-and-butter jobs, and the fair way to price them is by counting devices and judging the ceiling above them. Plaster and lath — which is most of the older Toronto stock — is materially more work than drywall for anything cut into a ceiling, and an offer that has not asked about it may be pricing a different house.
Getting comparable quotes takes one piece of discipline: describe the same scope to everyone. Count the devices, say what the ceiling is made of, state whether you want the old fittings removed and taken away, and mention any access constraint like a finished basement below. Electricians price scope, not descriptions, so three quotes against three different mental pictures are not three quotes. Ask each one what they would find if they opened the wall — the answers tell you who has worked on houses your age.
After you post, here’s exactly what happens
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- 4Confirm when it’s doneThe money releases and your receipt arrives by email.
Local knowledge
Priced for how the GTA actually lives
Four things that change a electricians quote here, and nowhere else.
ESA authorisation
Electrical work is licensed and inspected in Ontario
An Electrical Contractor must be licensed by the ESA, and most work requires a notification and can be inspected. That is a hard line — an unlicensed quote is not a cheaper version of the same job.
Knob and tube
Old Toronto wiring changes everything
Knob-and-tube and early aluminum runs are still in service across the older city, and finding either turns a simple fixture change into a rewire conversation — and can affect home insurance, which is the part people learn late.
Sixty-amp panels
The service size decides what you can add
A lot of pre-war GTA housing still runs a 60-amp service that cannot carry an EV charger or a heat pump. The upgrade is a separate, permitted job and it is the real answer to half the enquiries here.
Condo bylaws
A tower limits what may be run at all
GTA condo corporations restrict work on demising and fire-rated walls and require notice, so an in-wall run that is trivial in a house may simply not be permitted in a unit.
What an electrical visit usually includes
- A licensed electrician and the ESA notification where required
- Diagnosis before any work is quoted
- Making the circuit safe and testing it afterwards
- Tidying and securing the run
- Advising what the panel can actually carry
Permit and inspection fees are separate and are set by the ESA, not the contractor.
Try nowWhat moves the price
- Whether a permit and inspection are required
- The age of the wiring — knob and tube changes the job entirely
- Service size, and whether the panel can carry what you want
- Finished walls and ceilings, and how much has to be opened
- Condo restrictions on in-wall runs
- How far the new run is from the panel
Worth asking before you accept an offer
- Are you an ESA-licensed electrical contractor?
- Does this need a permit and an inspection?
- The house is pre-war — what happens if you find knob and tube?
- What size is my service, and can it carry this?
- Who makes good the wall afterwards?
- Is the diagnosis fee separate from the work?
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Pick who fits. The money is held and released only when you confirm it’s done.
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What you can actually count on
Reviewed before they offer
ID check, phone verification, a real interview and a real photo.
Priced with a method
Ranges come from a versioned, dated rate table — never an invented average.
Built for the GTA
Lift access, month-end crunch and salt season are in the pricing, not surprises.
Pay only when done
The money is held by Taskly and released after you confirm the work.
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Questions
Frequently asked
GTA-specific answers to what people actually search for.
Do I need a permit?
Most electrical work beyond a like-for-like fixture swap needs ESA notification in Ontario. Ask whether it is included and who is filing it — a quote that omits it is not comparable to one that includes it.
My house has knob-and-tube. Is that urgent?
It is not automatically unsafe, but many insurers will not cover a home that still has it, so it often becomes urgent for a reason unrelated to safety. An assessment is the first job, not a rewire.
Why do EV charger quotes vary so much?
Because they are mostly about distance and route from your panel to where you park. A charger on the other side of a garage wall is an afternoon; one across a driveway is a trenching job.
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